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MARCH. 11. 1929
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NEWSY FAllM~ NOTES W""‘r 7"” I
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HYGIENIO CONDITIONS
A phrase used frequently by Dr, model Stevenson in his splendid ad-_ dress before-th; assembled Farmers in the-Prince of Wales College, was 'sec that the hygienic conditions are right, _and _you will have no 'trouble mm V pci-aslte.s."' ' sanitation, thc cleanlinessof the stabling and pens, is truly a great factor in the success- ful rearing of all kindsof' live stock
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fro the humble _hen to the lordly horse.
In the Middle Ages. towns had no
drainage: all _refuse was cast into the narrow streets and trampled to a con- dition of indescribable foulness and from ‘the poached filth that floods the middle stréct’ arose all those pes- til:no2s that devastated the ‘countries in Europe and Asia. When, from bitter experience, the people learned the value of sanitary conditions and acted accordingly, then, and then amy, the plague was stayed.
But, as Dr. Stevenson says, we all have a lazy streak in us-it is easier `tc sit by the fire and smoke, than to go out and clean up the hen-house. We could not, and wouldnot, expect
to be healthy if we subjected our-_ selves to the some conditions, as we
how often do we neglect to clean out the hen-house, till the winter's ac- cumulation of manure forces us to. Is there a dropping board? Dr. Ste- v.3ng0n_ says it is exceptinai to find one. Do you put in frail straw of- ten? Are the nests frequently re- newed? If you look after all these things, you are a careful farmer and if you do not command success you deserve it. _
He was even more insistent 119°!!
cleanliness in the farrowihg pen or the loose`hox. A floor contaminated by the droppinll of an adult animal
with thousands of microscopic worm eggs, is a menace to the young (and consequently more recel>iiV° Ind weaker) animal. The teats 822% f°“1 and the sucking animal gets the 8888 into its mouth: the worms pursue their life-cycle, but the vouns animal usually dies. or. if strong enoush i° :esist the drain. lives but is stunted.
LIVE HOGS
We are taking' livff
`hogs daily, excepting Saturday, paying high- est market prices.
Davis £9’ Fraser
' -1 :_ _ _- Nor ia this eil: fatal gemumlnd u ready medium in filth, for mutiply- lH§._and when the young animal is bom, they invade'its` undrled umbil- ical cord or navel string, and passing into the circulatory system, .cause evils sucli as ‘joint ill' and the like. The germ infection may be'prevent- ed_ hy disinfecting the cord daily till it dries up and drops off, .but the former trouble can only be prevented by cleanliness in the`pen. Logical- ly, Dr. Stevenson begim the process with the mother: and advises _that sh-e bo 'warmed' before transferring to the pen, but not too near the bear- ing period. Thl_ls the _danger of con- ta.minc.ting` the pen is lessened, and if it be well cleaned before she goes iri,-for worm eggs may live'for 15 months under favorable condiitiona- the.chunce of infection ls very "small, And it is pointed out that the best disinfectant for the pen, scalding wa- ter, is very low in cost, so that all that is required is to be up and do- ing, __
JERSEY COWS’ GOOD RECORDS.
VIn`thc long list of Jersey Cows and Heifers completing their Official Tests ¢`lu`rlng'the month of January, 1929, there are several from Prince Edward Island, that are deserving of mention. The figures refer to age, pounds of milk, pounds of fat, aver-' age percentage of fat, and days in milk.
Cresthill l’rlnce's Fairy, Edgar
Easter and Boris, New Wiltshire, P. E. I. 2 yrs. 270 days; 7,601; 375; 41- 93 percent; 805.
Princess of Willow Green, Edison
B. Mutch, North River, P. E. I. 8_ yrs: 7,546; 360; 4.77 per cent;~29l. - -
Toronto’s Pride, Edgar Easter and
Sons, New Wiltshire,- P. E. I. 8 yrs. 165 days; 6,087; 329; 5.40 per cent; aos. ` ' -
gngthul _Bright Doronty, Edgar
master md sons. 2 yrs-'17 days: 5.818; 289;_ 5.43 per cent: 305. '
With one exception these are not inthe mature class, and in`time, we may look for greater records for this
excellent stock. _ .
HIS RONORJS PRIZES.
I had the good fortune to be PW'
gent at the Farmers' meetlnK When His Honor, Lieutenant Govern°1‘ l-leartz. presented the three CUPS which he had dcnatcd as ti-ollhle-1`f°f the owners of the ifhfee best kept farms. His Honor has done many fine and generous thi1'lSS for f-hi-S Pl'°V1“C° but this particular a¢ti0¥i L1 entitled to the reward which comes to him ‘who loves his fellowurnenf The im' pulse which he has elven *D “H “P” preciation of the beautiful in our _sur- roundings will unconsclously mould f,hr~- character of B11 Wm
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THE FARMER GOES T0 MARKET.
L During the sessions of the Vege- table_Growers _in Torcnto_ _recently an ‘invitation was received from the East York market._ Everyone was asked to come out and visit and have a cup of coffee. Quite- _a number ac- cepted _the invitation and journed out along Bloor Street and Danforth avcyue; past thc' city limits and there they found the market'that. is the pride and Joy of the East York gar- deners and farmers. Started as a mere shelter with earth floor, it has grown and expanded and now boasts a weather-proof building with a good floor and a growing 'client/cle among the city folks, many of whom take the street, cars for miles in order to do their buying among those who pro- duced the goods. Though it was a stormy night' and many of the coun- ters were empty,-there werecustom- ers coming and going all the time and one got some_'idea of the suc- cess of this venture into direct mar- _ket-ins. _ '_ _ _
The most interesting feature of the
visit wa.s_the- eagerness of growers from other places to hear all about it. B. Lock, superintendent of the market, told the story. Here on Wednesdays and Saturday from early _morning _till_ ten _st night, the mar- ket ls a busy hive of buying and sell- ing.. It is s producer's market. No one is allowed to buy produce and re- sbll it on the market. Hucksters get in occusicnally» but are soon spotted and told that for~t'hem there is no welcome on the mat. Producers rent thelrcoiinter space at 25 cents the foot. _ Thp units _are _four foot spaces. but many take as much as
_ tried-even though theyfailed- $0 Eoin the reward of success. The impulse will go down to' the generations to come, so_much are we the debtors of the past. Why does the Briton forced as he is. to seek his fortune _in strange climes, always look back to his ancestral homewith pride and longing? It ts because, whether he lived in ,cottage or "hall, his sur- roundings were es beautiful as lov- ing care could make them. We ln this favored land have much beauti- ful scenery a.s_`a natural setting for our homes, and when, in the course of time, we shall sppplement it by the happy disposition of_ trees and flow- ers, whitewash our buildings, and paint our houses, this Island will not only be attractive to our visitors but will keep our sons and daughters more at home. I have no personal knowledge of his Honor: he does not 'know me: hence I may say without flattery, that he impresses me qs the ideal Governor,_ every ready to _pro- mote the welfare of ~hls._'subjec_ts' in every practical and' practicable way,
and with a spirit of humor which ep- peals to the hearts of his bearers.
The winners of the cups, who hold
them absolutely, are: .
Mrs. C. H. Poole, Lower Montague, King’s County. . Mr. , A. A. Mclieth, Marshfield, Queen’s County. , Mrs. Robert.Berret, Bt. Eleanor-ii, Prince County. I congratulate them on their suc-
cess, and _hope they will live lon_g__ to exhibit with pride the artistic troph- ies so_ generously presented and S0.
meritoriously -won. _
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Amar. opportunity You-_ Cm-.°¢‘.Aff°fd ¢f>]Mw#
\ ‘ , ` in the year 1928 `a1_i‘d by giv-
‘5 Having done W ay with `a"`Agents t lw`ayS Paid to Agents gi Ing °"r customers the 10% 'discomt `I:;;ant business since we
.»_- we have done the largest and-mos P _ '_
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We recently P\1rchi;;e(;if<;\;_e_t‘s QV; are giving from 10 _ta 20 _
"‘ were established over 30 y_cal‘9 88°- , _ _A _‘ _ _
` ' ' ' rs worth of -Granite from
` ll _ latest designs and our_ workman-
Wa have a-large stock of t e »
ohio the best. \ _ . ~ f ~ ‘ ~ ' _ ..- _ ~ _ _ _ .- _ G ann Vermont Our stock includes-Scotch/. and.Native _ r_ _ _Gigi
`uamc, cud a fun uae °fi<1'f==1`“°_ '*_“¥‘ ’?"_“_’”‘°. “_“,°._'. JI . __ I ' ` ' ‘ ` ' 'stomsrsalmoat tllree»th9\!_5i“\d 3° °
E“t(?a`r ?ec:>Pl':l:1(Is<;`i§nc)uand our 1929 Pl'|°°9 Wm b° °v°”'”°t'~` _rg gene ' ' . ‘ __ ten _,, . 1* __"" ack. i' §“f-;“
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twelve feet every market day. Thurs- day nightie gala night. Counters are shoved back, corn starch and wax sprinkled generously over the floor and everybody dances. The revenue from the rental of space, from the dances and from council grants has paid for the building and equipment, including stoves and a piano. They say that on dull days, when customers are few, there is many a sing-song round that piano. The market would seem to 'have
two great advantages. First it is profitable. The producers sell at a price higher than they could get wholesale and the consumers buy for less than 'they could get the things retail. This pleases both sides of the transaoticfn and in addition many city folks have the-pleasure of buy- ing for their tables food that is fresh straight from the farm. Though it was a small market that night, there was variety on the counters and one Boi some idea. of the merchandise offered, which includes home-cooking and some handiwork as well as meat and butter, cream and eggs, vege- tables and fruit and all the produce of farm gardens and dairies and poul- try runs. The other advantage, 'which we
'think is the real secret of the suc-
cess of all markets, is simply the age-
'old charm of the market place. There
is a fascination in buyingand selling and bargaining face to face; there is genuine pleasure when the customer becomes e. friend to be watched for and welcomed each day; there is satisfaction for all the deep gregari- ous instincts of humanity in the busy mart, where news and gossip and argument change hands as fast as do the commodities displayed for sale. If the institution of market day, the ancient gala day of rural commun- ities, which has been allowed to lapse, is rapidly coming back to its cwn, it is not all due to a* desire for the little extra profit that may bs mlde by direct sale. _ Producers near Toronto-have two markets, North and East York and others are mooted. Many towns and cities have delightful markets, such as Covent Garden in London. If the growers who visited the 'East York market recently have their way. there will soon be new markets es- tablished in the districts where they live. . ‘ - »
Direct selling is the ideal way of
merchandizing. For a brief period we have swung into other ways, es- pecially buying by mail, but it has been an interlude soon ended. The motor and the telephone and all the modern inventions that carried us from old ways have taken us around the circle and back to where we started from. Once more we have farmers selling their own produce on themarket, we have a succession of wayside shops along all the highways and the great merchants. after a per- iod of selling at long distance, are now taking their goods to the people, by _establishing many .shops in many places.
When _ The
CoiChokes
It aoi\l.etimes happens that piece of
root or mess of dry feed lodges in a cowl: gullet, quickly causes bloating of the paunch, high up in the left flank, discharge from the nostrils, re- turnof feed and water by that route, and weakness and absorption of pois- onous elements( If not relieved, such choking soon proves fatal and the aa- sistance should be prompt and intelli- gent. ' ' One veterinarian has suggested a nevel plan of relief, especially for the horse, ln which animal it Ll not safe to use a probang to force the lodged object downward. He fills two I olmce gelctiiic capsules with bicarbonate cs soda '(baking_soda,) slits the side of each capsule and then thrusts the two into the gullet by way of the mouth. Doing so_,_ he says, causes gen- erating of gee, which distends, the gullet so that the blocking subsanee passed downward. The treatment woui_d also seem worth tl-ying in
'choke in cattle.
Administration of small does of raw
linseed oil, cottonsegd oil, or slippery elm bark decoction, at intervals of inhour, lubricate the gullet, soften the lodged mass. and help it to pass dotvgwud. such treatment always thould. be given- before starting to
lodged mass of dry feed to 'work lt upward or Doing so will also facili- of _a root by _way of the
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In considering the nature of the
fertilizer to be applied to the garden the first question is what part of the plant is used for food. _There are three principal fertilizlng factors in plant growth which effect differ- ent portions of the plant. Nitrogen is the principal one and promotes the growth of leaves.
Phosphorus in the form of phos-
phatcs encourages the growth of stalk and stern and salts of potassium or, as it 'is generally known in commerce, potash, en- courages the development of fruit and root growth, particulary of bulbous roots.
aside from stable' manure which
furnishes all of\_ the fertillzing factors in well balanced proportion, the chief sources of nitrogen for garden are nitrate of soda and sul- phate of ammonia. The latter is coming into frequent use as si lawn fertilizer not only for its fertilizing value but because it has proved a gieat discourager to dandelions, plantains and other broad leaved weeds while encouraging the growth of grass. It has an acid reaction-
Acid phosphate, or as it is now
quite well known by its English form, super phosphate of lime, is the common phosphorus fertilizer
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ed probang, especially in the horse. Rupture of the gullet quicklyiresults in escape of gas, which distends the skin and soon spoils the meat. It is incurable, and when it happens, or it Ls seen that the choke cannot be re- lieved, the animal shguld immediate- ly be slaughtered for meat, provided it is in fit condition.
Veterinarians give hypodermic
treatment with arecolin, pilocarpin. or some other alkaloidal drug to re- lieve choke, in addition to local treat- iucnt ci a valuable animal. Ii ltia found severely bloated on his arrival his first act will be to draw oi! the gas by tapping the paunchwith a tro- car and anula. When that is done the lodged object sometimes passes down- ward into the stomach. It should ei- ways be dons before giving other treatment, when the distenslon is severe and the animal is evidently threatened with suffocation.
While a hen‘s egg, which some-
times causes choke, may sometimes be crushed in the Bullet.-it is CFUGI and dangerous to attempt crushing of a root by placing I Piece of board on each side of the Bullet, at the place where the object has lodged. and then striking a hard blow with an axe or sledge hammer. The object may be crushed by such brutal means but the gullct will also bc crushded with the result that fatal 8ol18€l'¢1\° will ensue. When the medical and local treatment fails and it is not de-
sircd~to slaughter the animal for meat, the veterinarian can remove the lodged chlect by an opening into the gullct. The earlier that ooeretifmi-1 performed the safer it will prove.
(Maritime Farmer) _
A New Idea:
Paper Your Garden!
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Gardening without weedsor the
necessity of hoeing, a millennial con- dition that seems too good to be POS' sible, seems close to realization in the new system of paper mulch gar- dening. This consists of covering the soil with a specially prepared heavy asphalt paper with the plants in the cracks between the ier\8i»hS °f -tm paper or planted in holes or slits cut in the paper. .Of course with the Dl- per covering the soil no weeds CID grow and there is no soil' uncovered to be heed. The paper also is stronl gnough so that it can be Walked UD'
mme system was discovered by Charles F. Eckert, an Hawaiian pineapple grower. It proved so lur- prisingly successful with rimlvplw. although ln violation of_ mlny 1°” held ncticua ci sl'f¢°h1=s.-out W Department of A¥l’i°“““f° “'w“h` inzton beam eKl>=f"*\°“¥" “Ph P99” mulching under the dil‘¢°¢1°l1 0! D99' tor Flint _and the N903! 'NW Mm so favorable bleed 011 "h°“!*“‘-’ °‘ mats that it now seems likely. thlt acfcrc lone i¢'Wi1l'\’° l°“°"“‘?"‘°° ccDi¢d» ‘ ' -- 'f 'rhir paw' ww' in 1° °",‘?"°°‘.‘ .mpc and ia nop oommmlillr "eil- able. 'ram are twy lfUi°l.’ A "4 B, light and heavy lr\4°» The 1"' ter is more practical and durable ei shown by ¢¥li¢rim°\\U- 75° °‘ ,,,,"‘°,,."‘,"°' .m ;’.f’.’°§.‘°.2. it ;?;..."$
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and is used frequently in flower gardens. ' " ' ‘ Murials of potssh was for-lnerly the commonest form of potash fert- ilizer imported from Germany and a supply is onoe available at reasorlable price. It is useful on
'clahlins in__mid summer in _compili-
ination _with hom meal, using one part of-the-muriatc tc.!cul~~parta .ol bone meal. _It_- _is_al.so a_valuai-ale dressing for fall _bulbs-just after the cult. havcbccn _nut in the cmuns, For general l=urn_°ses_ th_esc_.th_rec
fertilizi_ng elements ary _fur_nl.shed in sufficient quantity in the _so-ca,‘led balanced _fertilizers which are _sold with a formula attached _consistmg of three figures; thc 'tint telling _thc Dl‘°l>ortion of nitrogen, the second the- phosoph_ates_ and' the third the potash. The_selectioln of a balanced fertilizer should be governed by the proportion ofthe plantit _is dashed toen courage. A larger proportion of potash would he needed- for crops. f
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- ANOMALY
A hen le not supposed ‘tot have Much commorl_senss or tact I
Y¢t every time she lays an egg _
she caclncs forth thc fact..
A rooster hesn't got a lot _ , Of intelligence to show, _ But none the less most .roosters
have ` _ . _
Enough good sense to crow. The mule. the most despised of beasts Hasa persistent way _ V Of letting folks know when h_e's
around, _ _ '
By his insistent bray. _ But man, the greatest masterpiece
That nature could devise,
Will often stop and hesitate. - Before he’1l advertise. '
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